After a safari, except for one King Ning, the King of Yong, the King of Jin, and the King of Chu all came and returned with a defeat, all of them were as depressed as a defeated quail.

As soon as the four kings returned to the imperial capital, they were greeted by a group of imperial forest soldiers surrounded by a royal official on horseback, and the imperial official saw the four princes from a distance, and immediately held a scroll of yellow silk in his hand high above the top, and shouted in a sharp and piercing voice unique to eunuchs: "The holy decree has arrived! Please accept the decree of the four royal highnesses King Yong, King Jin, King Chu, and King Ning!"

The four kings were all shocked in their hearts, and hurriedly dismounted and walked forward to meet them, bowed down in front of the imperial officials who had already dismounted and held the holy decree, and said in unison: "The son of the minister accepts the decree!"

The imperial official unfolded the holy decree and recited aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, King Yong, King Chu know no one and form bandits by mistake, King Jin Yin married heavy ministers, misbehaved, each demoted to the king of the county, confined in the palace for a year behind closed doors; Chin!"

This holy decree was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and everyone present was stunned.

"Son's Command, Thank You!" King Ning bowed down in ecstasy.

The kings of Yong, Jin and Chu were already on the spot, and even the most basic etiquette had been forgotten.

The imperial official did not bother with the three princes on this point, and after putting away the holy decree, he arched his hand, and said with a gloomy smile: "The slave and maid are holy and want to be the body, so I have to do this, and I ask the three highnesses to forgive their sins." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand back, and immediately dozens of royal forest armor soldiers stepped forward, half-softly and half-hard to support the kings of Yong, Jin and Chu, and escorted them to their own palaces.

The faces of Liang Xiangguo and the two Shangshu lords, who were originally following the three kings, were all cloudy, and their eyes invariably fell on King Ning, who was full of joy.

The imperial official also said hello to King Ning with a smile on his face, and then invited King Ning to enter the palace almost humbly.

King Ning first confessed to Yu Tianlai and Zheng Huai, and then hurried into the palace to see Emperor Qinglong.

In the turn of the day, with the three kings being confined in the mansion, King Ning was rewarded by Emperor Qinglong and ordered to preside over the grand event of the civil and military examinations, and the clouds that enveloped the imperial capital and even the entire world of Dayin finally settled.

For a time, King Ning's Mansion came to the court, from the officials of the court to the local governors, all came to visit and give gifts in various grand names.

King Ning did not show the slightest arrogance, but acted more and more cautiously, under the pretext of preparing for the imperial examination, he closed the door and thanked the guests, and all gifts were not accepted.

In the blink of an eye, it has come to the big day of opening the science and taking the scholars, and the addition of the martial arts Enke, which is carried out at the same time as the imperial examination, but it is a grand occasion that has not been encountered for many years, but for the people in charge of the scientific examination, the affairs are more than doubled. Fortunately, King Ning is indeed shrewd and capable, and now he is in a position of power and everyone respects him, but whenever there is any assignment and command, the people below will only compete to use their strength to do their best, but they will also sort everything out in an orderly manner, and there is no mistake from beginning to end.

At the end of the civil and military subjects, 360 Jinshi were admitted to the imperial examination, and 120 Wujinshi were admitted to the martial arts. Among them, there is another rare thing, Xu Shilin and Qi Baoshan, who are the champions of the two subjects of high school Chinese and martial arts, are not only the same townsmen, but also born on the same day and month in the same year, which can be described as a strange news that has never been encountered in the ages. Many officials congratulated on this matter, saying that it was the Son of Heaven who was blessed by Heaven and that the Dayin Dynasty had to be blessed by Heaven to descend such a talent.

It is said that Emperor Qinglong, whose physical condition was deteriorating, was also a great joy after learning of this, and immediately sent a decree saying that the Luming banquet and the Yingyang banquet for the civil and military jinshi would be together, and decided to attend the banquet in person to meet these civil and military talents, and to see with his own eyes Xu Shilin and Qi Baoshan, the two future pillars of the country.

As soon as the Son of Heaven spoke, King Ning, who had begun to take over all kinds of government affairs, and a civil and military official who should be related to this matter, were all busy, and after several days of preparation, this feast was held as scheduled according to Emperor Qinglong's request.

A total of 480 civil and military warriors are all dressed in red and hung with colors, riding high-headed horses, led by Xu Shilin and Qi Baoshan, the two leaders of the first line, first parade through several thoroughfares in the imperial capital, for the people to see a while, and then led by the accompanying internal supervisor to the noon gate to dismount, in turn into the palace to go to the banquet.

The banquet was held in the Imperial Garden, and hundreds of tables and seats were neatly arranged on a square, which was spectacular.

The inner supervisor led a group of civil and military scholars to sit down according to their names, and as soon as they were arranged, they heard a shout coming from afar: "Your Majesty has arrived!"

A group of civil and military scholars had already performed in the Ministry of Rites, and even some of the rough men among the martial arts had already understood the etiquette of seeing and driving, and they all hurriedly got up and stood solemnly to greet them.

After a short time, Emperor Qinglong, who had become pale and thin, came by royal chariot, and King Ning walked on the side.

When Emperor Qinglong got down from the chariot tremblingly, and King Ning personally supported him to sit down behind a few cases in the front, all the Jinshi danced together according to the etiquette learned in the Ministry of Rites, and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor!"

Although Emperor Qinglong is old, his spirit today seems to be good, and his two eyes glanced at the hundreds of Wenwu Jinshi who bowed down, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and then he waved his hand to King Ning beside him.

King Ning understood, stepped forward first, and said loudly: "Zhongqing is flat!" After everyone thanked him, he got up one after another, and ordered everyone to sit down for a banquet.

King Ning first drank three cups with everyone on behalf of Emperor Qinglong, and listened sideways to Emperor Qinglong's words, so he said: "Your Majesty has a decree to pass on Xu Shilin and Qi Baoshan to come forward." ”

Xu Shilin and Qi Baoshan, who were in front of everyone, hurriedly came out and bowed down again in front of Emperor Qinglong.

Emperor Qinglong opened his mouth to speak, although his voice was low but clear to his ears, which was quite inconsistent with his image at the moment: "It's rare that the two of you are a little superhuman in literature and martial arts, and now that you are a high school champion, you should serve the country wholeheartedly, and you must not slack off!"

Xu Shilin and Qi Baoshan replied in unison: "Weichen respectfully follows His Majesty's teachings, does his best for the country, and dies. ”

"Bow to the end, and then die...... Well said!" Emperor Qinglong smiled, as if he was extremely happy, and then raised his voice, and it spread throughout the audience like a bell, "What about you?"

Although the civil and military scholars were surprised that the old emperor's voice was so loud and not at all like an old man, they all reacted very quickly, and they all got up and bowed down together, and drank like thunder: "The same is true of the ministers, bow to the end, and then die!"

Emperor Qinglong got up sharply, his thin body straightened, his eyes shot a terrifying essence, the expression on his face became extremely hideous, and he said gloomily: "In this way, today you and others died for me, and they all have no regrets and no complaints!"

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